A couple weeks ago I received the following email from one of my readers:

Ricky,
Saw you read Dan Miller’s 48 Days to Creative Income…saw it in your archives. Was it worth the purchase price? I’m considering buying it…and even checked Amazon for a review, but none. Care to offer an opinion…should I buy or not?

He was referring this post where I mentioned having read 48 Days to Creative Income.

He seemed to really appreciate my reply so I thought that I would post it here for everyone:

Randy,

Thanks for stopping by the RAM Dump!

I bought the online version, which is on the 48 Days web site for $39.
http://48days.com/products/creativeincome.php
This saved me $10 plus shipping—I burned the CDs and printed the manual myself.

I would highly reccommend this to anyone, especially anyone that isn’t already generating income outside their regular job. I didn’t do the 48 day long program since I am already pretty creative in finding ways to generate extra income. We can all use more inspiration for our creativity in that endeavor, however. I listened to the CDs several times and used the workbook as more of a resource. If you aren’t already generating income from multiple sources, then I would suggest that you buy this and go through the 48 day course.

I buy a lot of self help and personal development books and audio books. If you don’t buy this type of item very often, then price is probably a big issue, which I understand because I use to feel that way as well. Now I look at them as an investment. For example, if this item is $39, then it needs to help me generate at least $39 for me to break even. If it helps me generate more than that, then the item is making money for me. The key to personal develpment literature is that you have to do what it says though.

I just recently finished listening to Brain Tracy’s “Success Mastery Academy” series. I don’t want to misquote him, but he said something like this in the seminar: The wealthiest 10% of the population in America is the biggest consumer of success literature and audio books. Do they buy the literature beacuse they are in the top 10%? No, they are in the top 10% because they buy it, study it, and do what it says. The wealthiest 3% attend most of the personal development seminars. Likewise, they don’t attend them because they are wealthy, they are wealthy because they attend them.

I’m sure that I’ve preached too much now, and I hope I haven’t insulted you in any way. That hasn’t been my aim. I do think that if you buy 48 Days to Creative Income, and you do what it tells you to do, it will pay for itself many times over.

In addition to this, I’ll add that I consider “personal development literature” to be any literature that teaches you how to do something that you don’t already know how to do, or that serves to increase your knowledge or proficiency in something that you already know how to do. This can be something that gives you new skills on your job, like learning a new programming language, or something that enhances your personal life like learning about relationships—even learning a knew hobby can greatly benefit you in life.

Who are the people that you admire most in life? Without a doubt, I’m sure that they are all people that have continued to learn throughout their lives—increasing in knowledge, understanding, and wisdom. So, in what area are you increasing your knowledge this week?